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syneidēsis

conscience

Say it: soon-I-day-sis (approximate)

συνείδησις

What it means

Conscience, moral awareness. In chapters 8 and 10 Paul says a weak conscience can be wounded (8:7-12) and asks believers to respect another person's conscience (10:25-29).

Range of meaning

  • ConscienceThe inner sense of right and wrong.
  • ConsciousnessAwareness.

In 1 Corinthians

  • Chapter 8

    "Their conscience, being weak, is defiled" (8:7, 8:10, 8:12).

  • Chapter 10

    "For conscience's sake" (10:25-29).

Every verse (7)

Verses where G4893 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources